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Richard Silvius
Приєднався 4 гру 2012
It's Independence Day in Peru - POV street photography
It's Independence Day in Peru, so I decided to make a POV street photography video, but it didn't end well.
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Responding to YOUR advice on making a better photo sequence!
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I got some AMAZING comments from some of you on my last video, so this week I'll be responding to YOUR advice on making a better photo sequence! Specifically we'll unpack a couple of really detailed comments point by point and look at what it means for the sequence I'm working on, and I'll talk about how I might adjust course based on your constructive criticism.
SEQUENCING a photo project - with the help of a PRO
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In this video we'll be sequencing the photos from my Arequipa project, using what I Iearned from PRO photographer Stephen Ferry during a recent workshop. At the end I will RUTHLESSLY edit the sequence again, leaving only the strongest images and challenging myself to replace the cuts with better work. Link to the workshop: school.icp.org/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&course=24FOEPJ001V
How to Choose Your Best Photos (Pro Method)
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In this video I'll demonstrate how to choose your best photos using a technique I learned from a pro photographer. The technique in question comes from a workshop I took through the International Center of Photography with Stephen Ferry, who has worked for the likes of National Geographic, Time Magazine, the New York Times and has several books to his credit. Link to the class: school.icp.org/w...
“FINDING THE STORY” - ICP documentary photography workshop - What I’ve Been Working On
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In this video we’ll look at the sequence I’ve made for the “Finding the Story” documentary photography workshop I’ve been taking through the ICP (International Center for Photography). I’ll explain the reasoning behind the photos I’ve selected, and why I put them in a certain order. Would you have done it differently? Let me know in the comments!
I took a workshop with Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb pt 2 - (top 4 takeaways)
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In this video I'll talk about my top 4 takeaways from the "Finding Your Vision" workshop with Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb. We'll look at a few examples, but mostly it'll just be me talking for 16 loooooong minutes about editing and sequencing and stuff like that. To the thumbnail police: I'm trying 3 different ones OK? Please don't get your knickers in a twist.
I took a workshop with Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb pt 1 - (my photos)
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In fall of 2023 I took the "Finding Your Vision" workshop with Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb in Saint Malo, France. In this video we'll look at my work from the workshop, and talk about how I edited and sequenced it with feedback from Alex and Rebecca. I'll even tell you how I cheated (it's underwhelming). Apologies for the jumpy autofocus, I experimented with a different setup this time.
BRUTALLY HONEST photo critique from a MAJOR magazine editor (portfolio review)
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In this video I'll share a story about the brutally honest photo critique I got from a senior photo editor of a MAJOR magazine during the Palm Springs Photo Festival in 2022. We'll look at the same set of images I shared with her, and I'll talk about what steps I am taking to follow her advice.
Bogotá Street Photography on T-MAX - REACTION to seeing my photos for the first time
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In this video I will react to seeing my Bogotá street photography from a roll of Kodak T-Max black and white film for the first time. We'll look at prints from the whole roll, talk about some of them, make some selections, and look at some interesting pairings. Would you make different selections? How does this roll of T-Max compare to the previous roll (Tri-X)? Let me know in the comments.
I LOVED this roll of film... but was it a HORRIBLE MISTAKE?
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I LOVED shooting this roll of Kodak Tri-X film, but was it a horrible mistake? In this video we'll look at the roll in its entirety. You'll see my best shots...and my worst. At the end of the video we'll look at my selections, and I'll discuss why shooting this roll of film may have been a big mistake. Leave a comment, and let me know - did I make the right selections?
Hiking to Machu Picchu: The Inca Trail
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Hiking to Machu Picchu: The Inca Trail In 2021, my girlfriend and I hiked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Peru had just begun to reopen after experiencing severe lockdowns due to COVID. It was a unique moment to be able to see the Inca Trail and Macchu Picchu with far fewer tourists than normal.
Morro de Gaira Santa Marta Colombia 4K Drone 2021
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Morro de Gaira, also known as Morro del Rodadero or Isla Pelícano is a small rocky island off the Colombian coastline near the city of Santa Marta. Once home to a private nautical club, it has since been abandoned. The island was privately owned until 2016, when it was returned to the public.
thanks for sharing your takeaways from Alex and Rebecca workshop. Very insightful.
I would suggest you show the photos blown up on the screen - it’s hard to see your photos as small prints in your hand
Thanks for the feedback! I think you're right.
In terms of shape, you have a bottom-left to top-right diagonal in almost all of the images in your final selection, whereas the images that didn't make the cut don't have that shape. Maybe you have a sub conscious preference for the bl-2-tr diagonal shape.
@@Sparky3D Fascinating insight! Now I have to go back and study the set again, and I’m curious if the same thing will show up in other work, like the Arequipa stuff I was most recently working on. Thanks for the comment!
I enjoyed this. Definitely different from everything else on youtube. Pretty brave to go through every picture on the roll.
Thank you! I might have to revisit this roll one day, I'll probably wonder what I was thinking when I made this video!
Thank you for sharing your experience. What size were your prints that you used?
Thanks for watching! It was a while ago but I think they were 8x6"
Take of this video. It's proof that the boy attacked the police. You're giving them the boy on a silver platter.
Powerful images man, wow!
Thank you Roger!
A street photography vlog turns into a documentary… great work putting it together mate.
Thanks again man, much appreciated!
Graciasss ameeeeee este video
Muchísimas gracias!! 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you, great reaction to the hastily worded comments (apologies if any of it was offensive!). Very educational seeing the alternative, more focused edit @driatros suggested. Good luck with the project, looking forward to the next video too and the final publication eventually!
Thanks again Andras, and please don't worry about your comment, no part of it even remotely approached being offensive. You had some great points and I genuinely appreciate it!
Very cool. I've never been mentioned in a video before. I'm glad you found it to be valuable. It was great to hear about how you think of your project showing these different contrasts. The comment from our colleague about the 2 similar pictures (2:58) made me think that it was actually cool that 2 photos of a similar composition were showing the different angles of your project. That goes to show how different people may have opposite opinions. It also made me imagine how cool it would be to show your project in pairs of pictures, with contrasting aspects of life, but somehow tied together. For example, the musician and the sculptor. They are both working, but one is quarry and the other is tourism-related. They are both artists, but different forms of expression. The similar composition and place tie them together. If you look at the too first pics on column 3, there's the worker's hand and a hand taking a photo. The guy with the mask could go together with the festival masks. You could tie pairs together by elements like these, poses, items, place, composition, tonality, something clean and tidy with something rough and dirty, and so forth. You can use similar or opposite things to show related pairs. Anyway... sorry for the long-winded comment. It's been very exciting to witness your project this way, as it's happening. How cool is that?
Thank you so much! That's a really interesting thought about the pairs. You mentioned some great examples. Next week I will begin my final stretch of photographing for this project, so once all the shooting is complete it'll be time to integrate the new material and really start to experiment with different sequencing ideas, so I'll definitely play around with this concept!
Amo Arequipa gracias a tu impecable trabajo gracias por tan excelente aporte de cultura🎉🎉
jjjj gracias hincha numero uno!!
You have a pretty good eye for street/documentary photography, sorry but you do not need to attend workshops... spend that money on travels ...
Thank you so much!! I live in a state of permanent travel, without a mortgage or regular rent payment - which luckily allows for a little of both. I’m excited to be headed to Chile in September for a workshop with Tomas Munita!
IMO, you eliminated great shots. Looking at 7:55, and if I could only show 10 photos, I would have kept (from top left to bottom right) - 1, 3, 5, 11, 12, 14, 17, 20, 24, 29. That would narrow down the scope of the project, tell a more cohesive story, focusing on the workers. Sometimes editing is not just about eliminating photos, but also about redefining the scope, leaving in what the core of your story is. A project that would talk about all these different aspects of their lives would need more than 10 photos, as I think of it. Who knows, I could be completely wrong. If I wanted to maintain a sense of all these different facets of their lives, I would think of it as 10 "spreads", some of them with more than one photo.Great work, by the way!
I'm like a kid on Christmas when I get these type of comments! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your thoughts! I had one other comment like this. I think my next video is going to unpack all this great feedback I've been getting, I think it will be great for people to see. Seriously, thank you again!
I took a one week workshop with the Webbs in 2015. Best is to study the history of photography before doing it. Else, you might get disappointed cuz they will not teach you how to shoot layers. ;)
Haha well you can't go wrong with learning your photo history! But they were very understanding in general, and at the end of the class they provided all of us with specific recommendations they thought we should study, as well as a general list of photographers that anyone should look at.
@@RichardSilvius I know how they conclude their workshop. I just want to set expectations cuz would be students might get disappointed.
Hello Richard! Great video again, thank you for sharing and also appreciate the transparency and exposing your work like this - not many photographers would do it. _Please keep in mind, this is only my opinion, one opinion out of many probably much more educated ones!_ Comment for the presentation: I think to understand/appreciate the sequencing decisions a little more, we need a bit more context. So a statement or some explanation of not only what this place is about but the intent of the work. Is it purely a documentary project about the place? About the industrial activity? Or is it about the contrast between a tourist town and industrial activity? About the sequence: @7:54 LOL...I wrote a whole comment ...JUST before you started ripping off the wall :D I'll leave it here... 0, I really like the selection of the pictures, there is a great variety to build from. I think you're right about the closeup too, especially if also trying to document the process. 1, Transitions and contrast: assuming that it's about the contrast (based on your previous videos), I think you could leverage that a bit more. At the moment it feels a bit like two parallel worlds are switching back and forth but with no real reason. What I mean is you (rows-columns) fade out (1-4 to 1-6) the industrial activity and then (2-1) fade in the tourist activity...then fade out the tourist activity (2-4) and fade in the industrial activity again (2-5, 2-6). So the whole contrast thing could be played on more, at the moment it's a little too safe, too gradual. The guy with the mask (4-2) - I think he's underutilized, he is a little shocking, eyes always tell a strong story and he could be used to elevate the contrast. 2, The second half after the masked man: not sure what to make of it, there are some great images but overall feels a little bit like filling the space to a zine length, not sure if the sequence is strong enough...AND they could be better utilized to address my previous point, interspersed in the edit. 3, Minor things: 1-5 and 1-6 feel like a jump cut in cinema, cutting similar size, similarly positioned compositions on each other. Maybe one is redundant or move to a different place? 4, I think the sequence (due to the nature of some of the environments) will need a little bit of help to break up the repetitive nature that feels when we're looking at small prints through a video. What I mean is the rock-breaking image is great, and adds to the story but it's a little lost - a good candidate to give more real estate on the page. @9:23 You got rid of some of the best pictures and left the viaduct tourist one, which to me always felt a little banal (both formally and content-wise)...just shows how everyone has a different taste. BUT...what you've left addresses the contrast point in the broader edit much better! Thank you for sharing, this is great!
Holy CRAP man I’m absolutely FLOORED with this comment! Thank you so so much for taking the time to think all this through and leave such incredible feedback. I could make an entire video just unpacking this! Would it be alright with you if I used this comment as the basis for my next video??
@@RichardSilvius You're welcome! If it helps, even better...even if it's nonsense but triggers some useful thoughts. Please use it as you wish, it's a public comment after all
Gracias a ti pude conocer Arequipa tierra de canteros excelente trabajo🎉
Muchas gracias!! 🙏
Thank you for sharing this workshop experience, I have their Aperture book on their process and have seen many interviews - but would be great to try it first hand sometime. As for working with prints, I find that a hybrid process works best for me. I use LR obviously, but not so much to edit but to document the process. I use some kind of free layout software (changes, Illustrator or something else) where I can freely duplicate, pair...etc images, build clusters...etc. I also print and stick them to the wall, I make sequences out of prints but then also go back to LR and do a book version to document it, I use flipbook software of one of the printers to see it flipping....etc. I try to use each to their advantage, back and forth, with the majority of the decision making happening either in print or in a cheap physical dummy format. Easier to keep track of the versions and if you need to work with someone remotely/periodically, easier to share.
Thank you for watching, and for leaving this incredible comment! It’s always interesting to hear the ways different people approach things. There’s a lot to be said for being able to easily duplicate a sequence and make small changes while keeping track of the versions, and working in some kind of software definitely facilitates that. You should make a video about your process! I’d love to see that.
@@RichardSilvius This is the most interesting part of photography, the process of how everyone goes about it, also practically. But I'm a little camera shy (on the wrong side of the lens). Anyways, hope you keep going, I love the content and also the delivery is just the right balance of personal to educational. Thank you!
@@andras_ikladi Thanks again, and I appreciate the positive feedback!
If someone finds this boring, they're not into photography.
Thank you!
Many thanks for sharing the workshop with us.
My pleasure, thanks for watching!
Yo ame todad tus fotos gracias por tan maravilloso trabajo
etsas un poquito exagerada pero muchisimas gracias!!
Really great to see and understand your thought process on this topic.
Thanks Chad!
Thanks Chad!
Perfect timing. I just had all of my photos printed out to make a portfolio
Nice! I hope it helps!
Cant see the photos
I make the photos full screen later in the video, so you’ll be able to see them really well 👍
Hello thanks for the insight into this experience/process. I’m curious about the whole editing you speak about and “look”. Do you have one preset that you use for all your photos? Or just have a collection of photos from one area?
@@brianlueders6223 Hi Brian! Im working on another video right now about editing, so stay tuned for that. As far as “look” I keep it really simple. I just go with the default profile of my camera, and might make some tweaks to exposure, WB and contrast. In most cases that’s it! If the need arises I might sometimes get into some masking but that’s the exception and not the rule.
i like your concepts. i'd like to see some of those images cropped, to make some of your concepts stronger for the viewer. like a colorful painting that has all the same color values, most of the photos are taken from the same distance. also, if you're going to include random people in your photos, try to find people that stand out, maybe with a striking colored item of clothing or an interesting look (a very old person or group of children) -- those pageant girls are fantastic. i love your high contrast vertical photo of the heads but i wouldn't place it where it is in this line up. i'd place the quarry photo with the blue sky, in its place. i'd keep the woman in the headdress next to the vertical photo for obvious reasons. also, be aware that in this line up, all but that high contrast image are horizontal, which makes it seem like it doesn't belong even though it's your strongest image. again, i like your concepts but you need to make them more obvious for the viewer. it's obvious to you what you're trying to say because it's in your head, but you need to guide the viewer more. a last example would be: in the last photo you say you're bringing us back to the architecture but your photo strongly features the band & the architecture is in the shadowy background. keep putting in the work, that's what matters. 📸📸📸📸📸 5/5
WOW! You really took the time, thank you so much for that detailed feedback! It’s a really interesting point about that one shot being the only vertical. I hope you’ll check in next week too, I’m going to show what we ended up with after presenting this to Stephen, who promptly changed it completely (and for the better). Curious what you’ll think about the new sequence!
@@RichardSilvius will do! i look forward to seeing how it evolves.
Really interesting, you never realise how much work a photographer (or any artist) puts into sequencing their work until you hear it from them. Would love to see the process and how the series evolved from there
Thanks Aliya! It’s still a work in progress, but next week I’ll show you the methodology used by this instructor to (re) sequence this - he had a very different approach from what I had done before with Alex and Rebecca!
Gracias a ti podemos tener esta experiencia tan maravillosa de conocer estos lugares🎉
Muchas gracias por mirar! Creo que eres mi hincha numero uno!
I love this raw and candid approach to your craft.
Thanks for watching Roger, and I appreciate the good feedback!
Really appreciate you sharing your experience, and for providing many useful tips.
Thanks man! Glad it was helpful. More insights on editing and sequencing to come!
Thanks for sharing your experience with the Webbs. Do you think you will take any additional workshops with them? Also curious if you can go more into your photographic goals/projects and how that relates to the workshops you are interested in.
@chadrem Hi Chad, thanks for your comment! Yes - I do plan to take the workshop with them again in the future. I learned and am learning so much, that when I go back I know I’ll have much more/stronger work to show and will get a lot more out of it. I’m also interested in applying what I’ve learned as a street photog to more documentary style projects. Currently I’m working on something in Arequipa Peru, and my next video will be about starting to edit and sequence that work! (Edit: this Arequipa work is being done as a part of a *different* workshop I’m currently taking through the International Center of Photography online.)
Gracias a ti por compartirnos tan hermosas fotografias
Gracias a ti, por ver mis pendejadas en UA-cam!
You are not boring!
Hahaha thank you so much for that! Made my day!
Enamorada de tu trabajo como siempre impecable
No tanto impecable, me falta mucho para mejorar. Pero muchisimas gracias!!
Thanks for posting, I found this interesting but the impression I got is that they sequence pretty much the same way many other people do, by looking for some kind of affinity between the images either formally or on the level of subject matter, trying to force some kind of continuity. As for your selection for the final image, you mentioned that it has a peaceful sense to it, it is also a higher angle. One of the aesthetic conventions of narrative films is to end on a crane up, huge numbers of films end that way so ending on a higher angle still is in keeping with that convention.
Thanks for watching and commenting! I didn't even realize I was using a film convention by ending my sequence that way, thanks for pointing that out - I'm going to really be paying attention for that when I watch movies from now on!
Thanks for posting this. I'd love to have taken the course myself. It's great being able to learn a bit about your experience.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting Chad! Don’t miss the next one - it’s going to be specifically about my main takeaways from the class. Also - there will be more opportunities for you to take it - they offer it several times a year in different locations.
Curious as to why you chose the asian lady to put in your thumbnail, without including her partner who was right next to her. Very strange...
I mean, was she aware you would put a close up of her face next to the words "I cheated"?
I did it because I have heard that including faces prominently in the thumbnail is good practice, and I have heard or read somewhere that attractive women even more so. Being new at this and attempting to gain some traction, I will try any advantage I can. The photo is also one of my favorites from the workshop. I hear YT is rolling out A/B testing for thumbnails - something I will try as soon as I can figure out how to do it.
@@johntrin Honestly, I didn't perceive the thumbnail this way. Saw the image and knew it was probably an image he took after reading the title. I guess I didn't think of it the way you implied as a lot of my youtube recommended is photography related.
Virtue signal much?
@@Caballeroshot when you take a workshop with someone of Alex Webb's stature, you expect a more ethical approach than "I'm gonna put suggestive text next to a girl's face without her consent because I'm new to youtube and need to do all I can to get ahead".
this is super interesting, especially as someone who knows nothing about sequencing. i also liked looking at your photos as so far i had only seen black and white film photos of yours ! my grandparents live in a city near saint-malo, so it was also nice to see photos from a city i know a bit. thank you, looking forward to seeing more
Wow! Small world! Thank you Aliya, I’m really happy you found it interesting. I didn’t know much about sequencing either before taking the class, so I’m very much a novice with it still. Will definitely touch on that further in the next vid.
Great info. We need more videos like this and less camera reviews. I also feel like my images also have less continuity than I would like. Looking forward to hearing how you grow from this feedback and mentorship. Would love to do something similar.
Thank you! I completely agree! There’s actually lots of great content on YT that’s about photography and not just camera reviews - but it can be hard to find because the algorithm is like “Oh you’re into photography?” And unleashes a firehose of camera reviews in your face. Anyway! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!
Ame cada fotografia ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Muchísimas graciasssss!!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Que hermoso videooooo gracias
Te agradezco por tu entusiasmo Sonia!! 🙏🙏🙏
A valuable story, thank you for sharing. Also, it's very brave of you to walk around the streets talking to a camera!
Thank you Aliya! IDK if it’s brave as much as it’s just kind of embarrassing. Arequipa seems very safe, especially the part where I’m walking in the video.
I've always been a fan of contrasty t-max. great pictures once again! I enjoy these videos sitting down looking through the photos with you. I also like that you are looking at them for the first time in this one it reminds me of going through a new roll with my friends
That’s awesome - great feedback, thank you Caleb! I never really had that experience of looking through a new roll with friends, so I guess I’m getting that vicariously now.
Trabajo impecable maravilloso rollo en blanco y negro ame cada una de tus elecciones de fotos gracias por darnos a conocer tan excelente trabajo
Muchísimas gracias Sonia! 🙏
I'm loving these videos, they're so different from everything else on youtube. Keep it up! I especially liked the portrait of the man with the flowers and the photo of all the vertical lines with the man standing in the doorway. Also, you could try just flipping the video 180 degrees in post production, so that you don't end up with the issue of having to look at your photos upside down. Another thing is that I've never seen T-Max or Tri-X come out so contrasty! I mostly shoot Ilford stocks as I'm from Europe and that's cheaper here, but still. I suspect it's something to do with how the lab is printing your shots. I suspect that they scan the negatives, invert them, and then print digitally, which is probably how that one of the balloon slipped through as a negative.
Thank you so much! Yeah I think next time I will record the other way around. I thought that might feel strange for viewers but you’re right, it would be much easier. Re: the contrast, I have some theories about it but I’m not sure. You might be right. It also could be they way they developed it… or maybe the camera is underexposing and they compensated for it in the scans… I like the effect but yeah. Need to find out how to reproduce it consistently. In a different city now - so we’ll see what things look like from a different lab!
Film is addictive, but it’s a fun rabbit hole to dive into. I agree that both sets are very contrasty if they’re shot at box speed? I push most of my HP5 by 2 stops ( ISO 1600) and it’s not as contrasty as these, though I’m also a fan of the effect. Interested to see what way you go with film so added my sub. For me I hadn’t shot film for 20 years and was fully committed to my digital workflow but now, not so sure…!
@@garywebb5912 Thanks for the sub Gary! I’m in Arequipa and enrolled in a class which has me shooting digital mostly right now - so I have some other videos planned in the meantime but there will be more film videos in the future. Agree with you about the contrast- I think perhaps something the lab was doing with their B&W development- color negative rolls have come out as expected.
I hope you don't mind me asking what camera you used? I really liked the look of your pictures. They look so good! thanks.
I don’t mind! I didn’t mention it because I want to avoid giving anyone the idea that they need a certain camera. You don’t need any specific camera to take pictures that look like this. This camera was a dime a dozen in its time and every brand had a version of something similar. That said, it’s a Yashica Electro 35CC.
@@RichardSilvius Thank you so much for the reply. I agree with you not wanting to mention it because it then becomes the focus of the video and not the pictures but I appreciate you letting me know what camera was used. I'm always looking for small cameras and I haven't been too happy with some that I own like the Olympus XA2 or the Olympus AF-1 Twin. This was a great video and I can't wait to see what else you produce.
I like what you have done but there is so much click bait out there that distorts the truth of the event, your click bait totally takes away from your otherwise good presentation. I think many are beginning to react to these distortions and misrepresentations on the net. I have unfollowed some I liked because of their click bait presentions
Thanks Rick! I’m new at this and to be honest just playing around, having fun with it and experimenting. This kind of feedback is going to be crucial for me to figure out what’s working and what’s not. I hope you’ll sub and stick around, because if you liked the presentation I think you will enjoy the stuff I have planned.
Excelente trabajo sin palabras quede completamente capturada con tus fotografias trabajo impecable 💥💯👏
Muchísimas gracias Sonia!!!
Where/How did you get the negatives printed like that? Is it an original enlargement from the negatives or did you print the scans?
The lab that did the development scanned the negatives for me and also did the prints. So the prints shown here are from their scans.
Your title is misleading and besides your photos - which are good - you offer no value to anyone coming to learn something based on your video title. I could have done without watching someone’s travel slideshow
Thanks Andrew. Help me out - I'm curious if you watched the full video, or if not, at what point you stopped watching.